OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Pair of tea caddies (part of a set)” — 64 records examined, 28 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 13:51 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Pair of tea caddies (part of a set)

Pair of tea caddies (part of a set)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1765–70

Public domainThe Met
One of a Pair of Tea Caddies, by Simon Pantin I, British, ca. 1680 – 1728

One of a Pair of Tea Caddies

Simon Pantin I, British, ca. 1680 – 1728 · 1716

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of tea caddies and a sugar box in a case, by Paul de Lamerie

Pair of tea caddies and a sugar box in a case

Paul de Lamerie · 1738/39

Public domainThe Met
Pair of Tea or Sugar Caddies, by William Cripps, English, 1715 – 1766

Pair of Tea or Sugar Caddies

William Cripps, English, 1715 – 1766 · 1752

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea caddy (part of a set)

Tea caddy (part of a set)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1765–70

Public domainThe Met
Hexagonal Balustrade Tea Caddy, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Hexagonal Balustrade Tea Caddy

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 1725–1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea caddy (part of a set)

Tea caddy (part of a set)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1765–70

Public domainThe Met
Tea Caddy

Tea Caddy

Artist not stated in the record · 1807

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea caddy with cover with armorial decoration (part of a service)

Tea caddy with cover with armorial decoration (part of a service)

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–60

Public domainThe Met
House Model

House Model

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea caddy with cover with armorial decoration (part of a service)

Tea caddy with cover with armorial decoration (part of a service)

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–60

Public domainThe Met
Tea Caddy, by Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

Tea Caddy

Royal Worcester, English, established 1751 · ca. 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea caddy with spoon (one of a set of three), by John Swift

Tea caddy with spoon (one of a set of three)

John Swift · 1762–63

Public domainThe Met
George III silver tea caddy

George III silver tea caddy

Artist not stated in the record · 1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea caddy with spoon (one of a set of three), by John Swift

Tea caddy with spoon (one of a set of three)

John Swift · 1762–63

Public domainThe Met
Tea caddy and cover

Tea caddy and cover

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea caddy with spoon (one of a set of three), by John Swift

Tea caddy with spoon (one of a set of three)

John Swift · 1762–63

Public domainThe Met
Tea Caddy with Chinoiserie Vignettes, by Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763

Tea Caddy with Chinoiserie Vignettes

Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763 · ca. 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel with Byzantine Ivory Carving of the Crucifixion

Panel with Byzantine Ivory Carving of the Crucifixion

Artist not stated in the record · 10th century (ivory); late 11th century (setting)

Public domainThe Met
Lid and Two-Part Spout of Hot Water Kettle, by Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979

Lid and Two-Part Spout of Hot Water Kettle

Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979 · ca. 1845

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Small settee (Marquise) (part of a set), by Georges Jacob

Small settee (Marquise) (part of a set)

Georges Jacob · ca. 1785

Public domainThe Met
Creamer, by Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979

Creamer

Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979 · 1830–1832

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea Caddy, by Simeon Soumaine

Tea Caddy

Simeon Soumaine · ca. 1720

Public domainThe Met
Teapot, by Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979

Teapot

Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979 · 1830–1846

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 825 matched · 24 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 3858022 matched · 40 examined · 28 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-01 13:51 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.